Back At The Start chords by Patty Griffin

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Em

Intro:

Em    Bm    Em    Bm


Verse 1:
        Em
There's secrets I don't tell ever to myself
            Bm
I just keep moving
          Em
It's like working on a building
Em
With my eyes closed
            Bm
Nothing's improving
Em
  Day after day I stood in my own way
               Bm
In front of my own door
            Em
Some things push you down so far
Em
Knock you round so hard
                 Bm
It's hard to get up anymore

Chorus:
C                G               Bm
 But here is the thing that I've known
         Em
From the start
C                G            Bm          Em
 It don't mean a thing if you can't feel your heart
    C             G
You might lose everything
      Bm    Em          C
Spend years in the dark but
         G                   Bm          Em
It isn't the end you're just back at the start


Interlude:
Em    Bm


Verse 2:
         Em
Oh these endless skies of blue
                           Bm
Baby it's just you and all the umpires
       Em
Hoping nobody will notice
Em
That you don't know what you're doing
             Bm
Still you're getting tired
     Em
It's lonely in the outfield
Em
But the ball won't come to you
          Bm
So you're safe for now
   Em
So you won't get to play but that's okay
                               Bm
Because you prayed to just get rained out


Chorus:
C            G               Bm             Em
 Here is the thing that I've known from the start
C                G            Bm          Em
 It don't mean a thing if you can't feel your heart
    C             G
You might lose everything
      Bm    Em          C
Spend years in the dark but
             G                   Bm          Em
But it isn't the end you're just back at the start


Guitar Solo:
Em    Bm     Em    Bm
C  G  Bm  Em  C  G  Bm
Em  C  G  Bm  Em  C  G
Bm    Em    Bm


Verse 3:
     Em
Maybe it was all a dream but the lights are
                    Bm
Coming up and the rehearsal is over
      Em
Maybe nothing's as it seems
Em
The ground is moving all the time
          Bm
Like your drunk but you're sober
Em
 Day after day you feel you let it slip away
         Bm
But it's never very far
            Em
Don't wanna stand on ground that's shaking
Em
But the earth is always quaking
       Bm
Making buildings and tearing them apart


Chorus:
C                G               Bm
 But here is the thing that I've known
         Em
From the start
C                G            Bm          Em
 It don't mean a thing if you can't feel your heart
    C             G
You might lose everything
      Bm    Em          C
Spend years in the dark but
             G                   Bm          Em
But it isn't the end you're just back at the start


Outro:
Em
Back at the start
Em
Back at the start
Em
Back at the start